My definition of move in ready is that I can move in and live there without making immediate significant changes. The CO house is not move in ready for me.

I would make some changes with this house but I could comfortably move in and not need to do anything drastic right away.

The kitchen counters and the location of the fridge would bother me but the appeal of the rest of the house easily makes up for those issues.

Spectacular. I love how they updated some things but kept other things like they were years ago.

I think it's horrible sensory overload. I grew up on a side street on the opposite side of that divided street, and I've been in dozens of those houses as a kid since my mother knew everyone. This one made my skin crawl. But so did the other house.

When the owner takes out the furnishings, rugs. accessories, art and window treatments most of the sensory overload vanishes. There will be some wall paper and the odd kitchen and baths but you still have beautiful windows and floors, gracefully sized rooms , high ceilings, etc.

Lots of wallpaper. Yes, the houses in this area are beautiful. Must be a fortune in wallpaper in this one.

If you like gaudy wallpaper and finishes, it's move in ready.

It's move in ready for somebody.

I think that the advent of real estate television has really raised the bar of people's expectations way too high:

"Move in Ready" used to mean the house was in good enough shape to move in and that it did not have any functional flaws.

"Staging" used to mean decluttering so people weren't distracted and/or furnishing some rooms so people had an idea of what sizes and how much furniture would fit. It is hard to tell what size bed will fit in an empty smallish bedroom. for example.

Now "Move in Ready" and "Staging" mean, not only is the house in perfect condition, but they have UNdecorated the house from their own taste and REdecorated the house in some anonymous taste with no expectations of any return on investment except a quicker sale.

I would definitely pass on the brown house because I don't like the house or the decor, but if this one met some other criteria, I like Georgian Revival and I would get rid of all the frou frou. Both houses are probably too taste specific for an easy sale, and I don't like either as is, but if they are free of material defects, they are probably technically move in ready.

I know that house. One of my best friends from college lived down the side street right next to that house. Very old part of the city with some good family roots. I'm not into the wallpaper or some of the paint colors, but other than that, I'd take it in a heartbeat. Those things are not permanent, they're cosmetic. This house is gorgeous and has great bones.

I'd be fine as a short time guest, but It would be very hard for me to live in that house "as is."

I'm sensitive to my surroundings and the visual noise in each room would be be overwhelming - the music equivalent of having acid rock music continually blaring.

The "visual noise" would even prevent me from enjoying a short stay, but the bones are great!

Except for the draperies, which I hate, the black grout (I don't mind tile counters) and the pink in the bedroom, I could totally move into that house and not change one other thing.

The thing that differentiates this house from the other, for me, is that there are less fixed elements I would need to change in this house. There is only one bathroom I would want to redo, all the floors are fine, and I could live with most of the rest of the tile although it's not something I would pick for myself. It wouldn't be cheap to remove all the paper and repaint in this house, I can't see it costing less than almost $60,000, but there is not a lot of demolition involved.

In the all brown house, there would be lots of demolition because I don't like most of the flooring, the kitchen or the bathrooms. That's why I would pass on the other house automatically but maybe not on this one.

Love the kitchen once new counter tops are installed. "When the owner takes out the furnishings, rugs. accessories, art and window treatments most of the sensory overload vanishes." The fireplace so TOO MUCH, the window treatments will stay and are TOO MUCH, the wall paper is TOO MUCH so gonna day even after the owner leaves I would experience SERIOUS visual over load in that house.

I could live very happily in this house. It would be nice to take your time to make changes at a slower pace. The kitchen would be changed, as I really do not like corner sinks. But if the old cabinets are useable, you could move the sink and dishwasher and install new counter tops. One thing that bothers me is the tile in the master bathroom. It was a remodeling miss. The proportions of the home are very nice as far as you can tell with all the wide angle pics. Darn location, location, location will doom it.

Now here-I could easily move(theoretically speaking) and change things on my own pace and as I see fit.

I don't necessarily like plenty elements I see-but this house does make sense. As one entity. Lol. And has a potential.

PS why the window treatments will stay, arcy?

Window treatments are attached and usually don't fit on other windows in other houses so they convey with sale of the house.

For all those people condemning the neighborhood, it has remained very stable, and upscale. And the Mid-Town area is very 'hip'. It is no more 'just down the road' from high crime neighborhoods than areas in my new city of Philadelphia or in other large urban cities.

I could easily move into this one also, if I needed to move into a new house quickly. I'd plan to (eventually) redo the kitchen, change out the carved fireplace, and redo one bathroom, but the basic set up of the house and grounds appeal to me. It's 'move in ready' to me, assuming it's structurally sound and doesn't really need any additional construction.

As long as something fits my basic style of home, works for my budget and is in an area I love, some reno and drapery replacement wouldn't deter me from purchasing.

The doors off the foyer are hinged, yet don't open like bifold doors. What would that style of doors be called?